BEER AND CANADA’S ECONOMY: FROM GRAIN TO GLASS

1 IN EVERY 100 JOBSis supported, directly & indirectly, by the beer industry

11,685 BREWERY JOBS AND $975 MILLION IN WAGES

Beer sales generate

$5.8 BILLION ANNUALLY in government tax revenues

85% OF BEER CONSUMED

in Canada is MADE IN CANADA

BEER HAS 3X THE ECONOMIC IMPACT

of wine and spirits combined

Local brewers purchase

300,000 TONNES

of Canadian malting barley annually

520 FEDERALLY LICENSED

domestic brewing operations in Canada,

A 94% INCREASE SINCE 2007

CANADA HAS ONE OF THE HIGHESTbeer taxes in the world

FOR EVERY $1 spent on beer

CANADANETHERLANDS NORWAY

$1.12 GDP is generated

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50%27% 64% The brewing industry has

REDUCED ITS ENERGY USE BY 58% since 1990, which benefits the environment and saves costs

Sources: Barley Council of Canada, Canada Revenue Agency, Canadian Industrial Energy End-Use Data and Analysis Centre, Conference Board of Canada, Impact Databank, Statistics Canada

US

40%

GERMANY

21%